Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-27

D
ssssvy, estivs man named David Banka-
De thinks nothing Of . walk Of I'VE
milea into white Plains and back again
To daF. and 81 q recent pcbiic nesting
IN GIesnwish this vigorous nan SPOKE
With al tie fogos and fasuey II 3
young iawyeF, and with mach better
Ioaie than serne Of them are capable Of.
| Yea Be b 81 years Old. and uhen asked
about his aRs Fepiies: age, never
think Of H.
mas v@ry active veteran. Mr. HenFy
b. Stanton, recently called attention IN
the SEN 70 The death Of the Rev. DR.
shfpman, father Of Judge shipmaB. Of
tie United States District CoaFt for this
districs. Nobody ever thOuRht Of the
dominis ~ old, for be vas ~ jolly and
A. active ~ 9 sehOolboy, and be bad .
laugh that vas % hearty that nOoe
o0ald resist it, and kesnly die be enjoy
Joke, and delighted vas be II be was
himself the victim. His round. rOsy,
merry face vas 20 Re seen IN All Winds
and vesthers, here, there and every
where 10 tbe State. for be vas . oon-
slant attendant upon meetings Of re
Iiaioua aHd educational societies. Yet
be vas almost 30 vhen be died. and be
never was 50 old man.
Il AuFN1 A8A AtAAN nN84AAN ~ AEAAGA1A
and industry, Caleb Gushing. sailing eli
10 Spain when be was past 20; talking
French like native az Geneva when,
according to the Psalnist, be should
have been in his grave aFeainR With
force and learning before the Supreme
Court when he vas approaching 30. and
working eighteen hours out Of the twen-
~ -four. His time did not come until
he vas past 80, and bis fatal illness
found himan the harness.
There was knocked about on an ocean
steamer on q recent stormy passage 9
pleasant faced man With long nose, q
/ bright eye, q vinniog smile, and q
spriRhtly step; gentleman Who recently
resigned the Presidency Of Yale College
because be vas 75 years old. Yet be vas
iauntinR about Europe last sum
msF without WEAKNESS. and has come
home 60 take up tbs work Of PROBES
sor in Yale. he is nearly 76, but Presi-
dent Porter would never be thought Of
as an old NAN. The splendid intellect
| Of Rev. DIR. Leonard w. Bacon was not
dimmed until be was past 80. and some
Of the best work Of his life vas done in
the decade between 20 and 50. There
vas ex President Woolesey, at II. Dub
fishing works on economic Subjects that
are accepted AZ authority. and there Ia
ex- President Hopkins. Of Williams, veil
on toward 30. bat addressing audiences.
recently at Des Moinss. without the
slightest evidence Of the impairment OF
his great mentsi vieor
In the year 1912 there began and CON
tiAned in the House Of Representatives
fer two weeks o parliamentary battle
over the right Of petition which has
seldom. II ever. been equaled for the IN
tense excitement, aoFimoRy, heated de-
bate and ingenious uses Of parliament
airy Law made by each party to the con
tfoversy. The leader on one side Was
man past 30. Thew called him The
Old Man Eloqueat." So far as quick
mess % mind, resources OF intellect and
the ability 20 use them we're concerned,
there Was no nam under 30 who ex
celled him. He had been President Of
the United 5 stes fifteen years before,
and be served as a member of the
lower House for almost a generation Of
years after he quilted the presidency.
Death found him In harness, indeed,
for when almost 30 he vas suddenly
smitten while in his seat in the House,
and died In an adjoining room. John
| Quincy Adams bad fuliRess of years,
bat be was never old.
Who is the veteran OF the House to-
day? tits q man whose activity is 30
great. whose fund Of god stories is 80
inexhauatible and his Rlee in telling
them 20 hearty, whose step is 30 quick.
and whose duties are 80 enefeetioally
performed, thas he il about the last man
With white hair who would be picked
i out az the oldest man in the body. This
Is John Turner Wat, ~ Connecticut,
and his years are almost II, but bis in
teilect is - keen aud his body as vi9oF-
Gus as when he was 20 He will % back
70 his old home in Norwich when bis
term Ia ended, practice Law with vi0OF.
aud have all the fun be can cut Of life.
There was Ger. Pa tPrsOn. OF Pnila
delphia. who at So could outsit aRv
/ younger man AZ the dinner table. aad
eat his share and smoke a. many cigars
as the best Of them. Aud what quaint,
delightful stories he told. and how erect
was hts bedy aud firm his step. Age!
He knew II not, yet be was almost 30
before be passed away.
There IL Gen. Simon Cameron, whose
mind il As cleaF ~ crystal, sho not aniy
calls memory that reaches far away In
the past to bis service bat reveals that
best test Of unimpeirsd vigOr. toe psWsr
90 weigh the future. Gen. Cameron is
nearing %. but yon cannot call his mind
old, for its vigor Ia apparent TO all who
talk with him and who hear bis thought
ful comments on the issues OF the day
Nor can YOU call the body OF a man old
who thinks nothing OF thousand mile
railway trip.
There IL tie leader Of the Boston bar,
Mr.. Sidney Bartlett. He is past 70. but
Ne charms the Supreme Court Of his
State with his arguments still, and he
works with the sssiduity Of a strong
mind IN q strong bodv.
Here IL the ianior Senator from Yer.
mout, Mr.. Merrill, publishing the other
day book which be had leisure to write
although he is chairman Of the most i'm
portant committee ~ the Senate-that
on fnsnee Yet Mr.. Morrill, is old
enough 10 be Senator Edmunds' father,
aud he works a. faithfully AZ the young
est Of the Senators. and With all Of the
ard sr and enthusiasm that We expect 10
hud In young statesmen Of 20 or there
Abouts
The best part OF Benjamin Franklin's
life had only begun when he vas past 20
years Of ace. and he might have been
the grandfather OF the sandy haired
young man whose dram OF the n clara
tien OF Independence he assisted Jsffer
son O. revise. That wonderful genins OF
Frankiin's did not begin 10 diminish
until be vas long past h's eighteen wear.
The other dAv the v'iteF met vieoT
Gus lookin. man Who was bdsilv en-
gagged in experimenting the inading Of
large vessel With produce for the New
York sTkst. The man Was AZ keen
eyed ~ a a or-NalkeF. and as quiek a.
fssh Ia bis computations and ed Just
msnt Of accoants. Yet in q moments
leisure be told how be had. sixty years
$50. entertained Lafayette ss he vss on
bis way 10 New Haven over the old New
York pest road. aud very interesting
were hts descriptions OF the French
hero~s' speech and manners. This nan
Vas John Newman. Of Miapns. nos 81
Years old. and ss active q business man
ss enc coala wish 81 see. aud when his
age Vas referred b be said that no man
vho WAs born healthv oasht q think Of
eestiaE Old before be VAS 80. and be
spoke % = number Of mes be knew who
we're ssill IN active life. thoagh more
than % wears % are
Hat 70 - nct Necessary 81 prnlong these
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